6/24/2023 0 Comments Chinaman by Shehan Karunatilaka![]() ![]() ![]() In his attempts to trace Pradeep, he encounters all sorts of stories from people keen to make money out of his interest. In general, truth proves a difficult thing for W.G. Another is a man called Kuga or Kugarajah, who may be a gangster, a government agent or a senior commander with the Tamil Tigers (or all three). Jonny is one of several characters in the book about whom the truth is unclear. ![]() He is assisted by his close friend and neighbour Ari Byrd, and by another friend, an Englishman called Jonny Gilhooley, who works at the British High Commission. Kuranasena is a retired, alcoholic and terminally ill sportswriter who decides, as a last project, to find out what happened to a (fictional) cricket player called Pradeep Mathew, whom he regards as the best spin bowler he ever saw, but who disappeared after playing only 4 Tests for Sri-Lanka. I found my non-fiction reads more appealing and the result was slow progress with this one, until I gave the book the attention it deserved. This is a 400-page novel and I found the first 150 pages or so were, to use an appropriate metaphor, bowled at medium pace. Usually I try to have one work of fiction and one of non-fiction on the go, (and I often have an audiobook underway as well). I’m one of those readers who is in the habit of trying to read more than one book at a time. ![]()
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